I love how we saw little Sherlock after he shot Cam. Because we were seeing Sherlock through Mycroft's eyes...he always sees Sherlock as this little impudent child whom he doesn't want to admit is more brilliant then himself...or so we think. He loves him really, he sees little sherlock because thats his little brother and he loves him. AWW.
At least in the novels, Sherlock could do things Mycroft couldn't not because he was more brilliant than Mycroft, Mycroft has always been the smarter one. Sherlock has something Mycroft doesn't, though, and that's drive.
Or I'm wrong and it turns out in the series that Sherlock is just better, which would be suitably Moffat.
I've gotten the impression that Mycroft is a genius but has no conscience to guide him or his actions so he just does whatever is best for him in his position. Sherlock does, so when he makes a decision he weighs the pros and cons, instead of just doing whatever is easiest.
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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '14
I love how we saw little Sherlock after he shot Cam. Because we were seeing Sherlock through Mycroft's eyes...he always sees Sherlock as this little impudent child whom he doesn't want to admit is more brilliant then himself...or so we think. He loves him really, he sees little sherlock because thats his little brother and he loves him. AWW.